Posts Tagged ‘bangkok’

Suu Kyi to make Thai forum visit

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to attend the World Economic Forum in Bangkok next week, leaving Burma for the first time in 24 years.

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Briton in Thai ‘foetuses’ arrest

Friday, May 18th, 2012

A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok for possessing human foetuses, Thai police confirm.

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Briton in Thai ‘foetuses’ arrest

Israeli Envoy Links Bangkok Bombs to India and Georgia Attacks

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Bombs discovered in Bangkok were similar to devices used this week against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia, Israel’s ambassador to Thailand said on Wednesday.

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Bangkok blasts prompt more accusations against Iran a day after Israelis targeted

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday ratcheted up its accusations that Iran is waging an international campaign of terror, after a bizarre series of explosions in Bangkok during which an Iranian man armed with grenades apparently blew off one of his own legs. Read full article > >

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Explosions in Bangkok Injure Man Believed to Be Iranian

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

A series of explosions rocked a Bangkok residential neighborhood on Tuesday, including one caused by a man believed to be an Iranian national who threw a hand grenade at police.

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Thai Police in Bangkok Seize Bomb-Making Material

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Officials were led to a commercial building outside Bangkok by a Lebanese man whom authorities accuse of being part of a group planning violence.

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Bangkok flood evacuation widens

Monday, November 7th, 2011

More districts of the Thai capital Bangkok are told to evacuate, as floodwater continues to cause havoc in many areas of the city.

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Thailand PM upbeat over flooding

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expresses optimism that central Bangkok will escape flooding, as defences hold despite high tides.

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Key Thai business park evacuated

Monday, October 17th, 2011

One of Thailand’s largest industrial estates is evacuated due to flooding, as officials say most of Bangkok appears to have escaped the deluge.

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VIDEO: Bangkok braced for severe floods

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

People in the Thai capital, Bangkok, are bracing themselves for severe floods – which have already affected around a third of the country.

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VIDEO: Bangkok braced for severe floods

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

People in the Thai capital, Bangkok, are bracing themselves for severe floods – which have already affected around a third of the country.

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VIDEO: Bangkok braced for severe floods

In pictures: Thai floods near Bangkok

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Worst floods in decades near the capital Bangkok

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In pictures: Thai floods near Bangkok

Bangkok ‘safe’ as floods approach

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Thai leader says Bangkok’s city-centre flood defences will hold, as efforts continue to protect the city from the country’s worst floods in decades.

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Bangkok ‘safe’ as floods approach

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Thai leader says Bangkok’s city-centre flood defences will hold, as efforts continue to protect the city from the country’s worst floods in decades.

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Thais race to stop Bangkok floods

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Workers in Thailand race to finish sandbag walls on the outskirts of Bangkok, to try to stop the country’s worst floods in years inundating parts of the capital.

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Thais race to stop Bangkok floods